Today in "ladies we probably should have learned about in history class," we have Nancy Wake, a freelance journalist…
Ten days ago in Paris, just before the most recent Christian Dior fashion show, company C.E.O. Sidney Toledano took…
Rosie the Riveter's unsmiling determination, flexed arm emerging from those briskly rolled up sleeves, has been a…
From the Minneapolis Star-Journal, 1940: "The German baby crop, unlike cabbages, can't be increased at command of…
Susan Travers may be the most amazing woman you've never heard of: an English socialite who became a Free French…
"It was the sort of interesting job men like to do and not let women in...But we were very fortunate. The war gave…
This series of love letters between the author's parents in the dark days of 1939 England is a fascinating peek into…
Recently, a reader sent us a link to this ShopBop "trend" story called Wartime. "Fashion is war," reads the copy.…
After decades of shame and secrecy, les enfants de Boches - the products of French mothers and German soldiers - are…
["Ljubelj South", Slovenia; June 5. Image via Getty]